Justin de Jacobis
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Saint Bishop Giustino de Jacobis C.M. |
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| Apostolic Vicar of Abyssinia | |
| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Appointed | 6 July 1847 |
| Term ended | 31 July 1860 |
| Predecessor | None; position established |
| Successor | Lorenzo Biancheri |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1847-1860) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 12 June 1824 |
| Consecration | 7 January 1849 by Guglielmo Massaia |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Giustino Sebastiano Pasquale de Jacobis |
| Born |
9 October 1800 San Fele, Potenza, Kingdom of Naples |
| Died | 31 July 1860 (aged 59) Zula, Semenawi Keih Bahri, Eritrea |
| Previous post | Prefect Apostolic of Abyssinia (1839-1847) |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 31 July |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 25 June 1939 Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Pius XII |
| Canonized | 26 October 1975 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
| Attributes | Bishop's attire |
| Patronage | Missionaries |
Saint Giustino de Jacobis (9 October 1800 – 31 July 1860) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop and professed member of the Congregation of the Mission who became a Vicar Apostolic in Ethiopia and the Titular Bishop of Nilopolis. He is also known as Justin de Jacobis.
Giustino de Jacobis was born on 9 October 1800 at San Fele in the Province of Potenza.
On 17 October 1818 he entered the Congregation of the Mission at Naples and made his religious vows there on 18 October 1820. He was ordained to the priesthood at Brindisi on 12 June 1824. After spending some time in the care of souls at Oria and Monopoli he became superior first at Lecce and then at Naples.
In 1839 he was appointed as the first Prefect Apostolic of Ethiopia and entrusted with the foundation of Catholic missions there. After laboring with great success in Ethiopia for almost a decade he was appointed as the Titular Bishop of Nilopolis in 1847 and not long afterwards the Vicar Apostolic. However he refused the episcopal honor until it was forced upon him in 1849, when he received his episcopal consecration. Despite imprisonment and exile combined with other kinds of persecution from the local Ethiopian Church he founded numerous Catholic missions. Jacobis also built schools in Agame and Akele Guzay for the training of a native priesthood and in the process founding the beginnings of the Ethiopian Catholic Church and the Eritrean Catholic Church.
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